platform bed

noun

plural platform beds

: a bed with a bed frame that includes a built-in foundation to support the mattress

Platform beds don't need a box spring … so that's one less thing for you to worry about if you are furnishing a bedroom for the first time.

—Colette Bennett

also : the frame of such a bed

All types of mattresses should work well with a platform bed …

—Alexandra Garrett

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above